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Module 15 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 7 of 30: Write the counter-argument as its best advocate would. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
el abogado de la tesis contraria
the advocate for the other side
ehl ah-boh-GAH-doh deh lah TEH-sees kohn-TRAH-ryah
fácil de tumbar
easy to knock down
FAH-seel deh toom-BAR
defender
to defend
deh-fehn-DEHR
la tesis contraria
the opposing case
lah TEH-sees kohn-TRAH-ryah
perfeccionar
to improve on
pehr-fehk-syoh-NAR
desperdiciar
to waste
dehs-pehr-dee-SYAR
en una sola línea
in a single line
ehn OO-nah SOH-lah LEE-neh-ah
la mejor versión
the best version
lah meh-HOHR behr-SYOHN
generoso
generous (m)
heh-neh-ROH-soh
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Write the counter-argument as its best advocate would. If your part two is easy to knock down, you have wasted it, and an examiner will say so in one line.
Y también · And also
The test: show part two to someone who disagrees with you. If they say "yes, that is what I think", the essay is working. If they improve it, you had the wrong version. Be generous to the other side; it costs nothing and it shows.
Ojo · Watch out
Write the counter-argument as its best advocate would: fácil de tumbar means you wasted it. el abogado is the lawyer and the advocate; el aguacate is the avocado — the words are related, and the confusion is real.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el abogado de la tesis contraria.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 7 in Module 15 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.